NEWS

THE GENDERCATOR is now being distributed by Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Coop. For festival and educational screenings please contact Larissa Fan bookings@cfmdc.org.

For DVD sales or personal appearances, please contact Catherine here.

Thank you for your continued interest in the Gendercator and all the ideas and discussions fostered by the film. We have several new links on the press page including an interview with Catherine in the Winter 2008-2009 issue of SINISTER WISDOM by Robyn Epstein.

FOUR SHORT FILMS ABOUT GENDER including Vanilla Lament, One Small Step, Pretty Ladies and The Gendercator can now be seen or downloaded pay-per-view in Europe, Asia & Russia on www.Glimz.net.

FALL 2009

BUTTERY TOP a new comedy short co-directed by Catherine and Kelly Hayes has been accepted by 22 films festivals as of Sept 2009.

MACUMBA MACABRE, an educational documentary about Afro-Brazilian spirit healing in Rio de Janiero Catherine has shot and edited for professor Kelly Hayes, will be released in 2010 as a companion DVD with Hayes' book HOLY HARLOTS, to be published by the University of California at Berkeley press.

Film Details

ONE SMALL STEP

Written and Directed by Catherine Crouch

16mm, 30 minutes
Synopsis

Set in South Carolina on the eve of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon walk, One Small Step is a dramatic comedy about a rambunctious 8-year-old tomboy, Ernestine "Teen" Miller. Taught by her parents that she can be anything she wants, Teen learns there is one exception to this rule when she announces to her mother that she is determined to marry the neighbor girl. Told from the point of view of an extremely creative and self confident young girl, the film is a visual mixture of Teen's real family interactions juxtaposed against her fanciful daydream life. Teen's desires and hopes crash against the social limitations of her parents' world in this compelling family drama.

Awards
  • Winner of the Ursula Award for the best short film at the 1999 Hamburg, Germany Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
  • Winner of the Absolute Audience Award for best women's short film at the 1999 Pittsburgh International Film Festival.
  • Winner of the Director's Choice for best short film at the 1999 Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
Film Credits
  • Producer: Yvonne Welbon
  • Photography: Marie-Joelle Rizk
  • Screenplay: Catherine Crouch
  • Editor: Seema Shastri
  • Art Direction: Irene Gustavson & Julia Zay
  • Sound: Christopher Powell
  • Music: Joseph Welbon
Principle Cast
  • Ema Tuennerman - Teen Miller
  • Brigid Murphy - Mom Miller
  • Fabio Ferrari - Oscar Miller
  • Rae Gray - Judy Miller
Distribution

Distributed worldwide by Canadian Filmmaker's Distribution Centre Contact: Jeff Crawford
37 Hanna Avenue, Suite 220
Toronto. Ontario
Canada M6K 1W8
416-588-0725